and your surge of protests in greece turned violent as the country's parliament backs a new round of stinging spending cuts. a once in a decade pollard transfer kicks off in china as president hears in the towel and voice of the current leadership prepared to step down to lead young leaders to develop the country's call on a me. plus the bickering over the budget britain's david cameron and german chancellor angela merkel failed to agree on e.u. spending plans join talks in london.

you're watching r g a live from moscow with me to say first anger and violence have spilled over onto the streets of athens with police using tear gas and water cannon against greece protesting draconian new budget cuts demonstrators hold petrol bombs with more than one hundred detained as the country's parliament passed an austerity package and at securing the latest bailout archies paid all of our reports from the greek capital. what we have seen though is anger on the streets of athens we saw a crowd of around one hundred thousand people gather in the square just behind me in front of of the parliament building not quite quickly escalated into violent clashes between police and protesters in a matter of seconds downtown athens went into essentially in an open war zone for a couple of hours we saw most of cocktails thrown flash bang grenades used also

gas used extensively again here in athens as police tried to calm down protesters who are extremely unhappy by what they see as unfair measures being taken by the government now also there was one hundred people detained by police five arrests made and we're also hearing of injuries on both sides both the police and demonstrators the greek people undoubtedly very unhappy about what's been signed into law what's essentially happened is that politicians here in greece of voted in order to allow the next round of austerity measures one hundred fifty three m.p.'s voting in favor of these latest austerity measures one hundred twenty eight against and there were eighteen stanchions what the new austerity measures mean though for the greek people is that we're going to see the retirement age rise to sixty seven there's also going to be slashes to pensions and wages and there's also going to be new laws that's going to actually make it easier for employers to fire their stuff

now all of this comes as antonius some are asleep prime minister to make thirteen point five billion worth of say billion euros worth of savings the reason he had to do that was he was it was demanded of him by greece's three main lenders the so-called troika they said that unless the east coast were made that greece wouldn't get its next round of bailout money that's over thirty billion euros and without that money greece was out of the euro essentially and they would have faced a potentially devastating to the fault so that's what these new austerity measures mean they've been signed into law this is the future for the greek people now. the neo stereotype package is said to be the words to say flowing stream was of the greek debt crisis journalist john mcgrath says the cuts will he fire the suffering on ordinary people and the situation want change for the better until greece of militias it's bankrupt we already have people killing themselves in front of

parliament in greece you have people that are losing everything losing hope that the last thing to go i think is going to be you know their sense that they have anybody representing them with so far whatsoever you have this tyranny of the technocrat majority inside greece hundred fifty three out of three hundred vote more austerity on the people i think it as they continue to lose all hope that they have any control of their own financial destiny whatsoever how can it be anything but you know digress into but potentially civil war the financial health of the country is not going to change for the better until they realize that they are in default they're bankrupt and they tell the banks that are holding their debt and the european union and the e.c.b. and the trail they are going to default this is what happens if the market caps in there their prospects for a return to a healthy economy has to start with their realizing that they are completely and utterly broke and start over from scratch.

as one battle is over with the greek parliament passing that austerity bill another is only just beginning the german chancellor has visited london amid hopes her british counterpart will temper justice with mercy and agree not to vote veto plans for the e.u. budget the details are just ahead. so in a search in a new group of leaders and growing economic challenges and calls for better government a week long party congress that will perform the polish once there is now underway beijing baze a journalist andrew morton says reforms have been the key word in the build up to the meeting. yes senior members of china's communist party meeting just behind me here in the great hall of the people on tiananmen square for the opening of the eighteenth party congress a congress which will see the beginnings of a once in a decade leadership transition when president hu jintao begins to hand over the

reins of power to the next generation of chinese leaders president xi jinping widely expected to become the next head of state now president who has just finished giving his last speech as general secretary of the communist party he's going to stand down as general secretary at the end of this week paving the way as i say for she to take over as general secretary and then as head of states in march two thousand and thirteen reform has been a buzzword around this congress it's been mentioned a lot in state media in the build up to this week and experts and analysts and i'ma say that china if it wants to continue its economic growth its economic engine it really needs to start implementing long stalled reforms you speak to people on the streets they're extremely concerned about the economy as well and people around the world generally will also be watching what the new leadership is doing china of

course a growing economic power is now the second biggest economy in the world and also turning into something more of a world superpower. reports. claim on the international stage building new heights on this world. and throwing beyond its limits. outer space the arctic outer continental shelf or on your local store shelves china is making its ambitions known let's see this is made in china. made in china china. translated into massive profits for china as well as criticism now this comes amid growing concern that china is using its economic clout for political lever. different. try not is a very promising country i'm sure you pump your top with us twenty trying less than five the i.m.f.

says china could surpass the us economically in real terms by twenty sixteen it may not help the countless chinese who live in poverty but it sure makes rivals nervous china's economic clout has grown it is now the second largest economy in the world it's the second largest manufacturing exporter in the rimini the trainees currency is playing an increasingly important role in the world economy so there is a shift in relative economic might in the world that might have been threatened by the slowdown and it will go up to china's new leaders to try to reverse the trend for now they seem to be getting their way china is inching into europe to snap up ailing businesses this french vineyard is just one of the casualties. but that these people they come here in the i learned just like to buy it but castle jewelry on iran u.s. sanctions against oil trading with the islamic republic don't apply when you're america's largest banker. in africa china is using cash to buy clout beating

western rivals in the race to exploit the continent's vast resources in its efforts to buy influence through investments have been met with an intense public backlash and countries like pakistan building infrastructure instead of military bases has made china the preferred superpower among locals. born into fear ok. other countries it does not like. it or that like america. and their dad worked. still it has abandoned its military the country's new leaders are expected to continue to pour billions into its defense budget the second largest in the world this may. worry pentagon planners and beijing's asian neighbors but so far china's economic might has proven more powerful than the sword there are two nations which are fighting in the world what is america what is china so america is using which is why our and there is

a lot of losses and china is using up peacefully and civilized there is no loss and if the strategy is working why change it time you speeders understand the importance of soft power. and yet understand. people. to some extent and mated certain to be studied not to be followed completely for now growing red dragon means that china's version of a new world order is here to stay you see captain of r.t. moscow. let's talk more about china's leadership changes and its growing influence with ten below in asia based in new zealand mr beale in his address to the congress of the chinese leader urged people to aim higher and work hard up how will the new leadership tackle the new challenges. well. not absolutely sure but i think the

consensus is that there will be no great policy changes if you read. the speech he says the things they've been saying for a long time in domestic demand. can problems of corruption problems and. so. i think the consensus is that there's not going to be any great change in policy. and there may be tactical changes. she didn't think. he will take over the leadership next year but nothing very much. on the car so i think in many ways it's going to be business as usual. but with encounters of course on tackling the huge problems that china has got economic corruption problem . you want presumed governance environmental problems and so let's talk

a little bit about china's growing economy experts say that by twenty twenty china will be the world's the biggest economy what is the world going to look like with this shift in power to asia. well i mean it's symptoms out will shift in part of china it's mainly china. again we don't really know i presume that things are not going to change very much in the short term the china's i mean very cautious they talk about. becoming a moderately prosperous society. at the same time as they will be overtaking the united states in engrossed terms and it's not the middle of the century the anniversary of people's republic of the twenty eight forty nine when they are talking about being a prosperous so they're taking it very very cautiously. and i think the same thing

is going to happen internationally they do so far as one of your previous or commentators said. they have been basically not very aggressive they've used economic commercial means to buy up resources by music cetera et cetera in contrast to the united states china is not in any foreign wars . so these problems. in many ways are. our financial. and. i think the people in beijing can be very glad that they're not sharing the stage with people in athens let's talk about what you just said the the people in athens i mean china's rapid economic growth is that hailed as a serious success story and i just think i was an economist as also facing the debt crisis what lessons could be there for other students on this chinese models very

brief. well first of all because it's much easier being a follower rather than a leader so china is catching up it's returning many ways to the position and head up to the eighteenth century largest economy and so forth so. that is the challenge is really going to become more daunting china is a leader when it's a leader in terms of technology and science. and social order and governance and so forth so this giant is model has been very successful we don't know yet whether it's going to continue to grow into a ball and sickly and what will all the rest of the twenty first century but in the omens of the moment are are pretty good for china. we'll reset or are they need to add space in wellington new zealand thank you for your time.

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depending. on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the coast of the sea here four families work together to manage nearly a thousand. people. that they can use almost every single part of the. year is a means of transportation. with. the life in the tundra so before winter many of the children are. boarding school. students learn different languages that utilize modern technologies through specialized. programs and even learn arts skills all within

a protected environment the school was founded and named for and tom petty attica scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas and education many that say they don't want to trade the modern life for their beloved . i have returned to the tundra and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see here it's a joyful sight. a sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come. wealthy british style. is not on the.

market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. download the official application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch all its hear all you need is your mobile device to watch our t.v. any time. there was a large good to have you with us the german chancellor has visited london full crucial talks with britain's prime minister about the e.u.

budget. to urge david cameron not to veto any increase in spending something the u.k. parliament is insisting on. earth has the tale of the talks. on the surface of it angler merkel's come here to meet david cameron to discuss over dinner the budget meetings are taking place in just a verb a week's time in brussels but of course what you see not very smooth experience the very friendly and shaking hands that hides beneath the surface is very very troubled waters in the discussion you'd expect to run into some more awkward territory mainly being the whole discussion about britain's place within the e.u. itself of course we see a big rise in the and c.e. sentiment recently we've had the british tabloids calling. america later i mean she's certainly got that aura about her hasn't she she's very much been seen as

heading the e.u. drive to all scary t. to try and get those countries out of the economic crisis imposing these very very harsh measures on countries such as greece and of course it's worse in housing estates that with the eve budget the e.u. is going to be asking for even more to the contributed to the course it already stands at about a trillion euros so i mean that's a lot to us from a country that is going through a very tough climate economically she doesn't look like a woman who suffers fools gladly unfortunately david cameron recently hasn't been looking like the strongest of british leaders he's had but humiliating defeat in the house of commons when rebel backbenchers pistol day are planned they were calling for real perm cuts in that budget and it raises the wider discussion here of course as we said about britain's place within the e.u.

itself and that is a discussion of britain is going to have to have at some point so it was angry merkel says are you going to be looking for some form you think if clare. eva britain's stance right now unlikely that david cameron is actually going to be able to give her that because of course the talk at the moment is not so much even if britain will have a referendum now when that will happen and until that happens until britain decides of course he can't really give her much more information than the. well barack obama and his supporters at home and abroad are celebrating his return to the white house their reaction in one middle eastern country is less enthusiastic israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu had openly backed obama's rival mitt romney during the election campaign and only send the president's a short message of congratulations it seems that i was history of strained relations with obama could now backfire as artie's policia reports.

from the us. to this. it was never a secret who the israeli prime minister wanted in the white house where we often have public spats between his government and the obama administration of a palestinian peace talks and iran's nuclear program did nothing to advance american israeli relations and only a mosque the two leaders personal dislike for each other the journey of. both men want to succeed they need to cooperate you know succeed and i think it's not it's not an insurmountable challenge when i don't know to fix the relationship but he has some fixing to do relations between the two countries are at an all time low and most of his radio america is also hedging their bets on the republican candidate of the roughly eighty thousand voters from israel for in find voters from being these few got up early to watch the results obama can be harsh it's

a destructor of israel because he doesn't have to worry about reelection anymore and the time we're all has to do it obama's tells us in many aspects because israel is dependent on america for. israel for support in the little two national arena the pressing issue now is what does obama's victory mean for israel's foreign policy after all netanyahu so involved me and my someone he agreed with on most issues including what to him is the most urgent stopping iran's nuclear program netanyahu. who is trying to convince the world to strike iran a position that until now obama has not supported the question is will israel go it alone in order to destroy completely destroy iran's nuclear weapons capability i think you need. many many strikes over an extended period of time only one country in the world that is capable of doing it and i

don't think they will do it this is the united states of america and without u.s. backing netanyahu is in a corner with the risk of spying if backed down from his warmongering neither position puts him in a good light netanyahu took a gamble by so openly favoring romney welcoming him in israel during the election campaign and appearing in a republican campaign ads that roll of the dice could now backfire as these radio elections quickly approach and that in your home self will be fighting for another term in office. here artie. kaiser report is coming up here on r.g.p. after a short break stay with us. in

this remote siberians in which people still sing the sounds which russians sang in the middle ages and they cherish the ancient rituals practiced by the will set up church before the seventeenth century the old believers he resigned the area are a conservative community they're known as the simi skeer a word which refers to family. if i may believe there yet again i feel that i now am the first to tell you that. i. people here are happy to show their way of life to tourists and to show them how to dance in the local star. use of prayer and the girl needs to watch her legs don't go up too much during the dance she must be a modest. seventeen year old nanda is from the same village she now studies in the city and

dances at a club. she puts on her costume and the traditional amber necklace only when she comes to visit her grandmother. yesterday i think. you know that. i did ask on time for her dad says because i want to keep up to date with this morning world but still i would like to have camp my background how my sources layered and this is my treasure their attachment to the church brought this to this remote glen east deflate by call more than two hundred fifty years ago they were exiled in persecuted for not. green to the orthodox who do sting washing the sixteen hundred they wanted to maintain their time honored rituals still believe is still baal and cross themselves with two fingers not with three as they do in modern orthodox churches in russia and never knew when praying but this fall the

city says it's not so much the rituals they cherish as the moral principles he does not approve of what ninety's doing as a group to build to believe a woman must never show her naked legs and because things started to spoil during the soviet union. was more and more young people leaving for a big city this here is the old believers culture could be imperiled nowadays young people prefer urban life to people to live their life to agriculture but. to leave it inside to remember that and try to keep them. plans to continue her studies abroad to grandmother says wherever she goes as long as the teen years are fresh in her memory so is the culture of.

max kaiser a welcome to the kaiser report george osborne chancellor of the exchequer you know the stuff of nightmares economically first plate and a literally yes georgie porgie you got fat bubble and fraud by and now you're scaring the population to death stacey yes max i find this an interesting headline to start as we have a obama reelected to the white house and you know in america it's very partisan and every side claims to be terrified of the. other side's presidents winning but here people know you look at the treasury nobody in america is afraid of timothy geithner other than a few people in our audience so u.k. finance minister tops british nightmares finance minister george osborne is the

public figure that most often appears in british nightmares a recent study has found gordon brown is number two max why not nightmare at number eleven downing street and start of number ten downing street where the chancellor hangs out this could be a fantastic horror film to do it as a tax dodge right here in the u.k. you make a really lousy film of george osborne play himself in this film and give the people of legitimate nightmare because i understand also that watching scary movies as you can way to lose weight and obesity here like elsewhere is a problem so you can kill two birds with one stone give the people exorcism away from the chancellor while losing weight at the same time what a great deal. well that's a killer med who is a spokeswoman for travelodge said suffering from nightmares that involve the chancellor money and losing a job are a true reflection of how the credit crunch and the double dip recession has affected our well being as well as our money it's a budgetary.